Improved beer-cooler



To all whom it 'may cor/:cem:

f Be it lgnomi that Ldnnns' FALLows, ofthe city tiff* '.v timidi @tutti tgggawm vTO HIMSELF AND JOHN PIZ-"EFER.`

v 4Letters Peten! No. 83,702, dated Noccmber'S, 1868. I

nunoyzzn BEER-coman.

TheSohcduierefen'ed to ln .thm Letters YPatent: and makingpaxt of the nume.

of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, V,have .invented a vnew and useful CoolerA for Beer and other beverages on '(liaught; and I do hereby declare that the following is a hll,`clea1', and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reterenee being had tothe accompanying drawing, making a partei' this specification, in which the lettersmarkcd thereon indicate the diiicrent parts referred to herein.

The object of my invention is to al'ordv a port-able Acooler, which can be hung upon the faucet'ot" a beer` cash, or'othcrwise bc supported upright, so that,' wheu amen-sure of the liquid is thawn from the eask, or poured into the month of the cooler, it will pass rapidly downthrough the cooler, and be discharged from the saine, by gravitation, into any suitable receiving-l vessel, in thc cooled condition desiredin such bever ages; p

My invention consists, substantially as hereinafter described, in the combination of-a vessel filled with clean pebbles, or coarsc,hard gravel-stones, with anv` ice-holding case, in such a manner that a small measurcjif becr4 or other beverage cany bc run'orpoured into the. month ot' lhc vessel containing the pebbles of stone, and be rapidly discharged from the latter, by gravitation, in thel cooled condition desired for drinking.

Relier-ring to the dluwing, A B is the icesholding case, G I) the pcbble-holdng vessel, and E the pebbles' `or coarse gxavel-stoncs contained therein.

` The cuseA B is about seven inches high, and four and a half inches in diameter, (inside,) cylindrical in form, and has a lid, a', hinged to its upper e1 1d,forr .-f

mitting of ,the introduction of lumpsof ice, b', into the.

The vessel() I) ish'also cylindrical in the form of its body, and is about t'wo inches. in diameter, and five inches long,with tapering ends, c andd', and is secured rigidly, in -a 'vert-ical position, in the centre` of the cylindrical case A B, by means'of the tapering upper end, c', which extends upward a' short distance through the centre ofthe upper end of the case A B, and a tube, d", which is fixed to the lower end, d', ofthe vessel C D, and extends horizontally or radially out through theside of the case A B, and near its lower and.

F, .attac-hed, so as to discharge downward.

The vessel O D is filled with clean, hard pebbles or The' outer end of the said tube d" has a stop-cock,

la. l large gravel-s'fones, E, introduced through .the open upper end, c.a`nd, adjusted in the upper end, c', there` is a wide-mouthed tunnel, G. I

y The operation'of this cooler, when supplied with the ice, b', and'suspended, by its bail a", from the'faucet of a beer-Cask, asv indicated by the faint lines :t y, or Y otherwisesupported vertically, is as follows:

The ice keeps the pebbles E nearly as cold as itself, and, consequently, .whena small measure', say a halfpint glass or mug, ofthe beer or other beverage is'run ,or poured into the tunnel Gr,A it will pass'rapidly down inv contact with and between the cold pebbles E and the inner sides of the vessel C D, through the latter,

inni thence through the cold horizontal tube` "and i open cock F, as 'indicated by the'arrowsin a. conditiomacquired mainly from the cold pebbles, as lcoldnearly as .the icc itself; and, during the necessary though short intermission between the successive dmughts, the said pebbles recover their previous cold l temperature, and thus are capable ofprodueing the.

same cooling-effects successively.

- The case A B, ir. this instance, is shown as made of sheet-metal, and single, but it may be made with double walls, like the 'common waterfcooler, or it may be coated withfelt, in order to better' preserve the ice,

if so desired.

single thickness. i The apparatus is simple and inexpensive of construction, and is also both economical and effective in its coolingoperation, especially .as a cooler ,for beer in dranghts.- i

l wish it to be understood that I do not desire nor The vessel G D should be made of sheet-metahof intend to conineinyself, in'the construction of this cooler, to any particular material, nor tothe size orproportions given; but, having fully described my in vveut-ion, audits mode of operation, What I claim as new, and desire to secure try-Letters Patent, is-

A portable eooler,-eonsistiug of a vessel, C D, filled with pebblescoa1se gravel-stones, or their equivalents, in combination with an ice-holding case, A B, the same. being constructed and arranged to operate together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JAMES FALLOWS,v A Witnesses:

' BENJ. MORRISON,

IgE. INsLEY. 

